Patents by Inventor Weidong Yang

Weidong Yang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12311389
    Abstract: A misting nozzle and a spray device are provided. The misting nozzle includes a spray barrel body, a liquid guiding element disposed in the spray barrel body and including first and second blocking portions, and a liquid valve disposed inside the spray barrel body and abutting against the liquid guiding element. Herein, the spray barrel body has one end provided with an opening and other end axially tapering to define a liquid outlet. An outer circumference surface of the first blocking portion is provided with an axially extending liquid guiding groove. A gap is defined between the outer circumference surface of the second blocking portion and the inner wall of the spray barrel body. The outer circumference surface of the liquid valve abuts against the inner wall of the spray barrel body. The liquid valve is a resilient element provided with an axially extending groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: WUXI NEST BIOTECHNOLOGY CO, LTD
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Feng Chen, Xiaojian Zhu
  • Patent number: 12317202
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to monitor synchronization signal blocks (SSB) transmitted by a base station of a network. The UE receives a configuration comprising a first indication of a quasi-co-location (QCL) relationship between synchronization signal block (SSB) positions and a second indication of a location of one or more sets of target SSBs, wherein SSBs in each of one or more sets of target SSBs are quasi-co-located, determines a number of SSB occasions corresponding to each set of the one or more sets of target SSBs to be transmitted by the base station and determines a monitoring scheme for the one or more sets of target SSBs based on, at least, the configuration and the number of SSB occasions corresponding to each set of target SSBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Wenshu Zhang, Qiming Li, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Xiang Chen, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12317251
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) receives a resource allocation for a shared channel transmission that includes mapping modulated symbols of a transport block with a single dedicated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number across resource elements for N consecutive slots of the resource allocation, wherein N is at least two. The UE may also receive, from a base station, a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) triggering (DMRS-T) value indicating a DMRS pattern to be used for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission, wherein the PDSCH transmission includes mapping modulated symbols of a transport block with a single dedicated hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number across resource elements for N consecutive slots of a PDSCH resource allocation, wherein N is at least two and measure transmitted DMRS based on the DMRS pattern corresponding to the DMRS-T value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12317322
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE), a base station (e.g., next generation NodeB (gNB)), or other network component can operate to configure multiple transmission reception point (mTRP) communication for new radio (NR) unlicensed (NR-U) standalone communications in a network. A processor or processing circuitry can acquire or share a channel occupancy time (COT) for a first transmission reception point (TRP). The COT can then be mediated with a UE or a second TRP via an ideal backhaul or an ideal backhaul based on a proximity condition. The COT can be shared between the first and second TRP via X2 signaling over an X2 interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Chunxuan Ye
  • Patent number: 12317252
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods to enhance system performance (e.g., UL throughput) without impinging on (e.g., tightening) processing timeline for UL-SCH data and/or CSI reporting. A base station may request for a UE to send a CSI report(s) during PDCCH monitoring. The base station may also request the UE to send UL-SCH data. At a first transmit opportunity, the UE may transmit first PUSCH (including UL-SCH data that may be multiplexed onto the first PUSCH). Additionally, at a second (later) transmit opportunity, the UE may transmit second PUSCH (including the CSI report(s) that may be multiplexed onto the second PUSCH). The second transmit opportunity may be identified as a transmit opportunity starting at least a specified number of symbols after a first symbol of the first repetition. The specified number of symbols may be dependent upon at least one of UE uplink processing time capabilities or SCS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Amir Farajidana, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Ruoheng Liu, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yuchul Kim, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250167848
    Abstract: Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving user equipment (UE) capability information. A UE includes a transceiver and a processor. The processor is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a UE capability request. The processor is also configured to transmit, via the transceiver and in response to the UE capability request, UE capability information for 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) new radio (NR) Release 17 (Rel-17) enhanced channel state information (CSI) reporting for a single downlink control information (DCI) multiple transmission and reception point (Multi-TRP) non-coherent joint transmission (NCJT) scheme.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Haitong Sun, Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang
  • Publication number: 20250167961
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: identifying one or more instances of a control resource set (“CORESET”); monitoring a physical downlink control channel (“PDCCH”) candidate to detect a physical downlink control channel using the one or more instances of the CORESET; and receiving, based on the detected PDCCH, data scheduled by the PDCCH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Wei Zeng, Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Sigen Ye, Haitong Sun
  • Publication number: 20250158681
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing channel state information reporting for enhanced reduced capability (eRedcap) wireless devices in a wireless communication system. A cellular network may configure reference signals for multiple bandwidth parts and may configure an eRedcap device to report measurements on active and deactivated bandwidth parts. An eRedcap device may perform measurements of reference signals on a deactivated bandwidth part and provide reporting to the network based on the configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Hong He, Yushu Zhang, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Weidong Yang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Jie Cui
  • Publication number: 20250159699
    Abstract: A user equipment including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The processor is configured to receive from another UE a first sidelink control information (SCI) format payload identifying a number of resources reserved for transmission by the other UE. The processor is configured to detect, based on the received first SCI format and one or more resources selected by the UE for transmission, resource collision corresponding to one or more resources of the number of resources reserved for transmission by the other UE. The processor is configured to send, in response to the detected resource collision, a physical sidelink feedback channel (PSFCH) to the other UE for inter-UE coordination (IUC) of the number of resources reserved for transmission by the other UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Haitong Sun, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Huaning Niu, Sigen Ye, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Yushu Zhang, Hong He, Weidong Yang
  • Publication number: 20250159748
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: determining a number of repetitions for a random access response or a paging message using downlink control information; receiving one or more instances of the random access response or the paging message; and decoding at least one of the one or more instances of the random access response or the paging message using the number of repetitions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Hong He, Dawei Zhang, Wei Zeng, Haitong Sun, Weidong Yang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Jie CUI, Huaning Niu
  • Patent number: 12302338
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications, including signaling resource allocation for multiple transport blocks (TBs) on either PUSCH or PDSCH using a single control element, such as a DCL In particular, the single control element may signal resources scheduled for transmission of acknowledgment feedback information for all of the PDSCH TBs. Various approaches are disclosed, with varying levels of signaling overhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20250151087
    Abstract: A user equipment including a transceiver and a processor is disclosed. The processor is configured to determine a sidelink control information (SCI) format payload size based on resource pool configuration for the UE for inter-UE coordination with a second UE. The processor is configured to determine, based on the determined SCI format payload size, an SCI format including a number of message elements identifying attributes of a number of resources being used by the UE over a predetermined time period. The processor is configured to encode and transmit, to the second UE, the SCI format for the IUC for resource selection by the second UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Yushu Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Wei Zeng, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian
  • Publication number: 20250150985
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) to share power during the simultaneous transmission of a control link and backhaul link. When the total power for transmitting via the control link and the backhaul link are below a maximum power for transmission, the NCR can use the calculated transmission powers for transmitting each link. Otherwise, the NCR can apply a relative priority to the links, a default priority to each link, a stepwise reduction of power, or a power sharing factor. A power sharing technique can be based on whether there is overlap between the links on the same time symbol, where the same or different beams are used for each link, and/or whether a priority flag for an access link is being used. These and many other features and examples are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Ankit BHAMRI, Hong HE, Wei ZENG, Haitong SUN, Dawei ZHANG, Weidong YANG, Oghenekome OTERI
  • Publication number: 20250150821
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to transmit a request to an edge configuration server (ECS) comprising a list of authentication mechanisms supported by the UE, wherein the ECS is configured to select one authentication mechanism from the list of authentication mechanisms and receive a response to the request from the ECS, wherein response comprises an indication of the selected authentication mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Shu GUO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haijing HU, Huaning NIU, Huarui LIANG, Lanpeng CHEN, Xiaoyu QIAO, Weidong YANG
  • Patent number: 12294455
    Abstract: A base station is configured to receive channel state information (CSI) from a user equipment (UE). The base station transmits configuration information including one or more interference measurement resources (IMRs) allocated for measurement by the UE, receives a reference CSI report from the UE, receives a new CSI report including interference and noise power fluctuation feedback from the UE and selects a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for the UE based on at least the interference and noise power fluctuation feedback and the reference CSI report.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Jie Cui, Manasa Raghavan, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12294994
    Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for mapping transmission configuration indicator states to resources of physical downlink shared channel transmission occasions in wireless communication systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12294434
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an apparatus, method, and computer program product for implementing Channel State information (CSI) feedback for multi-Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmissions in a wireless communication system. Some embodiments enable a user equipment (UE) to determine Channel Quality Indicators (CQI) and/or Precoding Matrix Indicators (PMI) for multi-PDSCH transmissions that account for effects of a duration of the multi-PDSCH transmission including the maximum interval between the first and last PDSCH transmissions on the CQI and PMI determinations. Some embodiments include a base station that detects a need for a change in a beam direction and adjusts the beam direction accordingly based on the PMI determinations. Some embodiments enable a desired hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)-ACK feedback transmission from a single multi-PDSCH transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Dawei Zhang, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Weidong Yang, Sigen Ye, Chunhai Yao, Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Hong He, Haitong Sun
  • Publication number: 20250142550
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) is configured to use multiple beams for transmission or reception. The UE receives, from a base station, at least one medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) that indicates multiple activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) states, receives, from the base station, at least one downlink control information (DCI) indicating a subset of TCI states of the multiple activated TCI states, wherein the MAC CE and the DCI are part of a TCI configuration, and wherein the subset of TCI states corresponds to multiple transmission and reception points (TRPs) of a wireless network, maps the subset of TCI states to the corresponding multiple TRPs based on the TCI configuration and selects a beam used for transmission or reception based on one mapped TCI state of the mapped subset of TCI states.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Yushu ZHANG, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
  • Patent number: 12289735
    Abstract: A wireless communication system may adapt physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring behaviors using downlink control information (DCI). The change in monitoring behavior may be skipping or switching. The timeline for applying switching or skipping may be applied after a reference point and a processing time. In some embodiments, the processing time may be either based on UE processing, network processing, or a combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Huaning Niu, Dawei Zhang, Farhan Aziz, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Navid Ehsan, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Wei Zhang, Weidong Yang
  • Patent number: 12289606
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for a wireless device to initiate channel occupancy in unlicensed spectrum in a wireless communication system. The wireless device may establish a wireless link with a cellular base station. The wireless device may determine to perform an uplink transmission to the cellular base station on an unlicensed frequency channel. The wireless device may determine whether the cellular base station has channel occupancy of the unlicensed frequency channel. The wireless device may determine whether to initiate channel occupancy of the unlicensed frequency channel. The decision whether to initiate channel occupancy may be based at least in part on whether the cellular base station has channel occupancy of the unlicensed frequency channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sigen Ye, Oghenekome Oteri, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Hong He, Yushu Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang